Label-holder



(No Model.) H. ELSON' LABEL HOLDER.

No. 461,702. Patented Oct. 20, 1891.

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JAMES HUGH ELSON, OF UNIONVILLE, MISSOURI.

LABEL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,702, dated October20,1891.

Application filed January 30, 1891. Serial No. 379,719. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES HUGH ELsoN, a citizen of the UnitedStates-residing at Unionville, in the county of Putnam and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLabel-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of boxes or receptacles for holdinglabels which is more particularly adapted to the use of druggists; andthe object of the invention is to provide a convenient device to besecured to the counter which Will save time and facilitate business.

To this end the invention consists in the novel construction andarrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more particularlydescribed, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

I have fully and clearly illustrated my invention in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device appliedto a counter, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

In the drawings, A designates a rectangular box or receptacle, which maybe constructed of any suitable material. Upon the inner face and rearend are formed lugs B B, having suitable perforations b 19 therein forthe reception of screws, by which means the boxes are secured to thecounter or any suitable place in a store. The forward or point end ofthe bottom of this box is beveled off, as shown at c in Fig. 1,whichfacilitates the removal of the labels. If preferred, a thumb recessor hold may be formed in the bottom in lieu of the bevel, by which tomore conveniently and expeditiously grasp the labels for removal.Secured to the forward end and at one side of the box are lugs C 0,provided with perforations D D, through which a rod (1 is passed, saidrod also passing through a lug E, formed upon the rear end of a door orcover F, said lugs and rod constituting a hinge for the-cover, by meansof which the box can with the bottom of the box, thus providinga closejoint, as at g, between the cover and the box.

The advantages derived from the peculiar construction of my device isthat any number of them can be placed at any desired location in thestore and near by the bottles containing the medicine for which they areused, thus obviating the necessity of running to one place when a labelis wanted but by my device being secured at different places in thestore they are always at hand and can be readily used, thereby savinglabor and time to look over alarge assortment of labels to find the onedesired.

My invention is simple in the construction, durable, and cheaplymanufactured.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The box or receptacle A, having lugs B B and O O, the former formed uponthe rear end and inner face of the box and the latter upon the side andforward end thereof, through which the rod D is passed andbeveled at itsforward end, as atff, and a hinged cover having a lug E formed upon itsrear end, whereby ahinge is formed between the box and cover by means ofthe rod D and the lugs B B, the cover also being provided with beveledgrooves, as shown, all constructed as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

. J. HUGH ELSON.

Witnesses:

J. B. CAMPBELL, R. F. LITTLE.

